In near future, new techniques of heat protection, dispersal and cooling will have to be implemented into the built environment in order to aleviate it from the raising average global temperatures.

The building at the southern corner of an 8th arrondissement block in Paris metamorphoses through interventions recomposing what already exists on-site. The design becomes a proces of substraction as an additive method.

This is achieved through a system of six “actors” working in tandem : The Airwell, The Tunnel, The Cave, The Airshafts, The Sleeping Niches and The Jacket